Minding the Gap Why Integrating High School with College Makes Sense and How to Do It |
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Editor:
| Hoffman, Nancy Vargas, Joel Venezia, Andrea Miller, Marc S. |
ISBN: | 978-1-891792-45-8 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2007 |
Publisher: | Harvard Education Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $46.00 |
Book Description:
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Argues that in today's highly competitive, global economy, all young people need a postsecondary education. Yet only one in ten students from the lowest economic quintile in the US currently earns a postsecondary credential. This instructive book explores policies and practices that would quickly enable a larger number of low-income and first-generation college students to earn postsecondary degrees.
Argues that in today's highly competitive, global economy, all young people need a postsecondary education. Yet only one in ten students from the lowest economic quintile in the US currently earns a postsecondary credential. This instructive book explores policies and practices that would quickly enable a larger number of low-income and first-generation college students to earn postsecondary degrees.